National Nutrition Education Act focus at CABOL conference
Manchester report on CABOLs nutrition conference highlights the National Nutrition Education Act. Sen George McGoven introduced the bill to fund teacher training and school nutrition programs, with grants for pilot projects and comprehensive curricula, and a 50 state rollout over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CABOL
Joan Colgan Manchester
Poultney
Senate
George McGovern
McGovern
Robert Shrum
U.S
Six towns join suit over Vermont Miller Formula aid
A Vermont IDEA coalition adds Woodstock Poultney Andover Grand Isle Lowell and Dorset as supporters in a planned court challenge to the Miller Formula for education aid. The group notes 21 towns backing the suit with 4200 plus students represented and each town pledging one dollar per student. A Washington based rights group offers financial backing as data collection costs receive a $1000 donation.
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Vermont
Vermont Idea
Woodstock
Poultney
Andover
Grand Isle
Lowell
Dorset
Sup
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under
Washington, D.C
IDEA
Peter Gratiot
David Long
Lawyers’ Committee
Long
Lawrence Niles
Niles, Johnson and Gibbs
Gratiot
Choquette zoning permit denied by Manchester board
Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment denied Anthony Choquette's request to add four apartments to a Highland Ave complex citing bylaws interpretation. A planning amendment will be drafted. Choquette may enlarge the annex only after septic inspection and potential sewer hookup. Nearby issues included a related question on frontage for expanded structures and proper bylaw application.
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Manchester
John G. Simson
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
IBA
Simson
Zoning Board
Town Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Pendleton
Highland Avenue
Turner
Choquett
Benefit Dance at Sandgate Methodist Church June 28
A benefit dance for Sandgate Methodist Church is set for Saturday June 28 at 7 30 p.m in the town hall. Refreshments will be sold and admission is 1. All are invited. The Sandgate Mothers Group also moved its rummage sale to July 19 and seeks donated items. Call Barbara Stewart or Nancy Tschorn to arrange pickups. Arlington readers are invited to comment on several grant applications received by the Bennington County Regional Commission including funds for Planned Parenthood Vermont Highways planning and SCORP updates. Comments due by Friday June 27.
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Senate Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Shrum
CABOL
Washington
Vermont
Sandgate
Sandgate Mothers Group
Barbara Stewart
Nancy Tschorn
Arlington
Bennington County
BCRC
Central Vermont Association For Retarded Citizens, Inc
Vermont Guardianship Trust & Home
Vermont regulators blamed for lax oversight by state group
Schuyler Jackson of Vermonts Environmental Board told a UPI report that the states regulatory system lacks public accountability and often defers to federal standards that may not fit Vermont. He called the system a real mare s nest of programs with questionable legality.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Schuyler Jackson
Jackson
State Environmental Board
Federal panel rules Vermont real estate attachment violates due process
A three judge UPI report says Vermont’s law letting attachment of real estate without warning or hearing breaches due process. Robert and Laurie Terrabova of North Ferrisburg sued Avco Financial Services and Addison County officials after their property was seized at the start of a debt suit. The panel did not apply the ruling retroactively.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Robert
Laurie Terrabova
North Ferrisburg
Avco Financial Services
Barre
Finance Company
Addison County
Lansingburgh group seeks recreation center library model
The Lansingburgh Citizens Council formed after crime fears following three slayings in five months proposes a recreation center and library similar to Troy's East Side plan. The site would be the former Whipple School Annex at 114th Street and Fourth Avenue, now housing a Troy Library branch.
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Troy
Lansingburgh
HVCC funding frozen amid county ruling
Rensselaer County will not release 570000 allocated to Hudson Valley Community College after County Attorney Marvin I. Honig concluded an opinion. County fiscal chief James W. Van Auken will abide by Honig's ruling and expects a resolution before HVCC’s new fiscal year. Legislature chair Joseph G. Manupelia warned that if funds are held, HVCC may pursue court action to challenge the findings.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
James W. van Auken
Hudson Valley Community College
Marvin I. Honig
Honig
van Auken
HVCC
James J. Fitzgibbons
Joseph G. Manupelia
VanAuken
Manupella
Pittsfield Woman, Husband Help Nab 17-Year-Old Purse Thief
Mrs. Phyllis M. Mettigogo and her husband Leonida with an unidentified couple aided in the arrest of a 17-year-old for unarmed robbery on Elm Street near Sacred Hearth Church. The youth rode a bicycle and seized her purse, later pursued to Elm Street Car Wash where she recovered it. Detectives say Mark Moriarty of 94 Dawes Ave was arrested on Elm Street near the Housatonic Bridge around 8:30 p.m.
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Pittsfield
Phyllis M. Mettigogo
Leonida
Mettigogo
Elm Street
Sacred Hearth Church
Mark Moriarty
Dawes Ave
Housatonic Bridge
Berkshire County Consumer Advocates Proposed in Pittsfield
A group of consumer advocates in Pittsfield proposes Berkshire County Consumer Advocates Inc to provide consumer protection for all of Berkshire County. The plan is led by two VISTA workers, Jack E. Houghton and Alex A. Carnevale, who say a county-wide advocate is needed after the attorney general’s division closed earlier this year. Community support is seen as crucial to the project’s success or failure.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Berkshire County Consumer Advocates, Inc
VISTA
Consumer Advisory Commission
Jack E. Houghton
Alex A. Carnevale
Carnevale
Houghton
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United Methodist Women of
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Greenwich, Conn
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Bridgewater
Barnard
Sherburne
Brookfield
Plymouth
Tunbridge
Wershire
West Fairlee
Pomfret
Strafford
Shaftsbury
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Reading
Wardsboro
Shrewsbury
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Vermont Natural
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Windsor
Frank Berard
Berard
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Woodmansee
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South Royalion
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